Washington DC Monday Evening Weather: Clear at 61, Election Day Opens in Fog at 70
The capital ended Monday clear and cooling through the 60s after a 65.8-degree high; the station feed keeps fog on Election Day morning before a 70-degree afternoon, then 75 Wednesday and the week's high of 77 on Thursday.
Washington closed out the day before Election Day under a clear sky. The station's live weather feed read 61.2 degrees on Monday evening, feeling like 57.5, after a daytime high of 65.8 — a couple of degrees warmer than the morning forecast had promised. The precipitation chance for what is left of Monday is 4 percent, and tonight falls to 43.9, the coldest reading of the week.
Election Day itself starts the way this desk has been flagging since the weekend: in fog. Tuesday carries a fog code with a low of 45.2, so the region's 6 a.m. Virginia voters, 7 a.m. District and Maryland voters, poll workers and first commuters should expect a murky first hour or two. The fog is a visibility story, not a rain story — Tuesday's precipitation chance is just 2 percent, and the afternoon warms to 70.0, a touch cooler than earlier runs of the feed suggested.
The warm stretch still builds behind the vote. Wednesday is fog-coded early again before climbing to 75.2, and Thursday remains the week's warmest day at 77.5 with a mild low of 64.4 — arriving with light drizzle and a 46 percent precipitation chance. Friday stays unsettled at the edges, overcast at 69.2 with a 47 percent precipitation chance.
The weekend cools back toward the season: Saturday is overcast at 59.4 with a 31 percent precipitation chance, and Sunday brings rain at 61.6. The Weather Desk keeps the /weather page true against this same live feed, and Tuesday's first file will update the Election Day fog picture as the polls open.
